Improvement in the manufacture of drums, kegs, casks



N PETERS. PHOYOLITHOGRAPNER. WASHINGTON. 0.1:.

UNITED STATES DAVID COPE, OF LIVERPOOL, EGLAND.

IMPROVEMENT |N`THE MANUFACTURE OF DRUMS, KEGS, CASKS, dc.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 3&2177, dated April 2l, 1863.

To all w/wm it may concern.:

Be it known that I, DAVID COPE, of Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster, England, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Drums, Kegs, Oasks, and Like Packages; and I, the said DAvID COPE, do hereby declare that the followingis a full and exact description of the construction and operation thereof, reference being had to the accompanying sheet of drawings, makin'g apart of this specification, and to the letters of reference thereon-that is to say:

The object of my invention is to make the vessels or packages mentioned in the title more durable, less liable to leakage, more uniform and convenient of manufacture, and although my said invention is more particularly applicable to those vessels or packages entirely made of metal, still all those vessels or packages having metal chines and ends, or which have the circumferences of the latter made of metal, can be constructed according to my arrangement. The body may be made of any convenient sha-pe; but as such vessels or packages are mostly used for containing oils, turpentine, paints, and other like liquids and semi-liquids, a cylindrical form will generally be preferred, and hereinafter I will describe my invention as part of a vessel of that form.

Over both ends or extremities of the cylinder and over the outer circumferences of the ends which latter are bent to or near to a right angle to the main part of such ends, and fitted closely into the cylinder to make the edges of both flush, I place hoops, bent into the form of a U, and solder the whole together by dipping in a metallic bath in the usual manner, or otherwise fasten such parts together as may be found most convenient. rlhis hoop is hereinafter denominated the binding-hoop.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings, I have shown by Figure l a perspective view of a complete metal drum constructed according to my invention, and by Fig. 2 a vertical section ofthe same drum through the middle.

Like letters denote the same parts in both views.

c represents the body of the package, which is made of a sheet or sheets of metal, with a seam or seams down the side; b, the ends, also of metal, with part of the same at the outer circumference bent to or near to `a right angle, and of a size to fit tightly into the cylinder. These ends can most conveniently be formed by a strong machine with dies of the proper size.

c is the binding-hoop, of the form hereinbefore mentioned. This binding-hoop is formed by the machine hereinafter described, and may be inmore than one piece, the junctionv or junctions of which may or may not overlap each other, and may or may not be strengthened by a rivet or rivets, a bolt or bolts passed through the cylinder c, the ends Z), and binding-hoop c but in ordinary manufacture and for ordinary sizes one hoop, with the ends just meeting, when soldered by the usual dipping process, will be found to be strong and durable.

d is the bung-hole for filling and emptying.

Such packages as I have just described, when fitted in wooden casings, will be specially and spirit oils to be carried long distances.

The machinery or apparatus which I have designed and' which I propose employing for shaping or bending the binding-hoops and giving the desired curve or circle thereto by one passage through the machine, and which apparatus may be used for shaping or forming other parts of metal packages of the class hereinbefore named, is illustrated by Fig. 8, which is a side elevation, and Fig. 4, which is an end elevation on the same sheet of drawings. In both views the same letters denote the same parts.

e represents the frame-work, preferably made of metal bound together by tie-rods f, and supporting two shafts, g, .whichare driven by a handle, 71., or by any other arrangement of motive power through the toothed-wheel gearing i. rlhe ends of the shafts g, which project beyond the frame, have circular rollers 7.; thereon, which do not come close together in the entire length of their peripheries, but are tapered off sufficient for the purpose hereinafter shown, the desired distance between them, when the apparatus is in operation, being obtained by the regulating set-screws Z, which bear von the bushes in the framing.

m is a circular shaping-piece, free to revolve on its axis, which latter consists of a well as part ofthe frame-work ef, a nut being placed on the end of the said stud n to keep the shaping-piece m in position. The outer edge of this shaping-piece is between the rollers 1.a.

applicable for containing light hydrocarbons Y turned and fitted stud, a, fastened to brackets o is the guide or size bracket, fastened to the frame-work, the distance between the outer edge of which and the curved shoulder of the shaping-piece m determines the width of the binding-hoop.

p is a guide placed on a stud, q, attached to the frame-work e f, with friction-roller r thereon, for giving the exact curve or circle desired to the binding-hoop or other piece operated on after it leaves the roller 7s and shaping-piece m.

s is a set-screw passing through part of the frame-work and acting on the end of Jthe lever part t, to bring the friction-roller o' of the guide p nearer to or farther from the point of delivery from the shaping apparatus, the distance giving alarger or smaller circle, as may be required.

The bodies of the drums, kegs, casks, and like packages, and which are known by different names according to the purpose to which they are applied,) aswell as the ends, may be made as herein described or by any other method.

The binding-hoop is produced as follows, and by this description the operation of the machinery-or apparatus is described: A number of strips of metal of the necessary width being ready, with the edges at one end bent over into the U shape by hand, by a hammer, or otherwise, such end is placed between the rollers k with the circular shaping-piece m inside, when the handle is turned and the strips are carried through by the rollers 7c, and delivered from the friction-roller 1 (which roller r, as well as the size bracket o, had been previously set at the proper distance) bent to the desired circle and ready for placing over the chines of the packages, where they are secured by the means formerly set forth.

Having now described the nature and particulars of my said invention and the mode of constructing and otherwise carrying the same into effect, I would have it distinctly understood vthat I do not confine myself to every detail and proportion laid down in the drawings and herein described, as many modifications may be produced without departing from the nature of my invention.

I would also have it understood that I do not claim, broadly, for making or manufacturing drums, kegs, casks, and like packages, for the purposes described, as these have been made in various forms by different parties but That I claim as my invention is- The binding-hoop c,- substantially formed and fitted in the manner herein described, for the purpose set forth, and shown in the accompanying sheet of drawings.

Signed and sealed by the said DavrD Corn, at Liverpool aforesaid, this 21st day of August, 1862.

'DAVID COPE. [L s] Vitliesses; Y

J 011x TrroirsoN KING,

laicmf Agent, 4 Clay/fon Square, Liverpool.

J orrN Davies,

Clerk to 171e .said John Thomson King al Liverpool. 

